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C, I. WAGNER Jan. 27, 1931.

RECORD FILE Original Filed Sept. 20. 1922 I N lf' EN TOR CHEST/Ff? IWHG/VEP Patented Jan. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHESTER I.WAGNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO REMINGTONRAND INC., 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE RECORD FILEApplication led September 20, 1922, Serial No. 589,319. Renewed January17, 1928.

This invention relates to record files, and is of special utility whenembodied in the construction of a guide and other members for suchrecord files, although I contemplate the use of my improvements in anyfield for which they are adapted by their nature.

It is an object of this invention to provide guide members withseparable and interchangeable attachments having improved attachingmeans, said means being of such a character in accordance with theinvention as to permit the attachments to be locked removably inadjusted position upon the body portion of the guides proper, so thatthe attachments can be readily assembled with, or removed from, theguides, or their position thereu on changed, but when applied to theguids, the attachments will not be subject to accidental transverse orlongitudinal displacement, as have similar attachments heretofore.

Another object of my invention is to provide a co-operatin structure ofguide and attachment to obvlate any tendency of the overlapping portionsof the attachment and guide to catch upon neighboring record members,and in this connection I have devised a structure of guide that isdesigned to increase its rigidity, especially when, as I prefer, theguide member is formed of metal, such as aluminum.

Among other objects of my invention is the provision of an attachmenthaving a plurality of members of Which one is bent u on itself tofunction as a holder for the indicia which distinguish each guide orrecord member from other members, and a retaining member whichpreferably serves the double function of means to close the holderagainst displacement of the indicia, and means to lock the attachment inadjusted position.

Still another object is to provide the body portion of the guide memberwith alternating series of marginal apertures and projectionsrespectively, the apertures serving to permit the body portion to besecured by locking devices to an attachment, the projections serving toenter co-operating apertures formed in the attachment to preventdisplacement of the attachment from ,the guide.

A very important further object is to standardize the structure of theguide members and attachments in such a manner that each attachment canbe applied to any guide member regardless of its size, as for example toguide members of relatively large size, such as letter-size guides, andto small, cardsize guides for card records; also to permit a pluralityof attachments upon a single guide of the larger size.

I have also devised means to permit the insertion of labels or otherindlcia either transversely into the holder or from either end thereof,instead of only from the ends as has been necessary in earlierattachments of this class.

The various features of my invention will be illustrated and describedfull in the accompanying drawings and speci cation and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a guide memberwith attachments in the construction of which my invention has beenembodied; and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the guide member, takenseparately in end elevation; Figs. 3 and 4 bein respectively vertical,sectional views of t e guide member, on the lines B- and 40e-4m, ofFigure 1, taken separately;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, detail view of a portion of a smaller guidemember similar to that shown in Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6being a vertical, sectional view taken on the line :--690 of Fig. 5

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 of a modiiication;

Fig. 8 being a view thereof in horizontal section on the line 8va-8m;and Fig. 9 being on an enlarged scale a view in vertical seetion on theline 9-9m of Fig. 7 while Figs. 10 and 11 are views in front elevationof the holder member and retaining member respectively of an attachmentembodying my im rovements.

n the embodiment of my invention selected to permit ready and completeunderstanding of my improvements, the part designated by the referencenumeral 1 1s a record file member of the type commonly designated as aguide, which term I use however Without any technical limitation, andwhich may be of any material and construction suitable to carry myinvention into effect.

In the instance illustrated the body member 1 of this guide is formed ofany suitable material such as sheet aluminum. It is rectangular in shapeand has central apertures 9 and 3 to decrease its Weight, and aWellknown form of slot at 4 to receive a retaining rod, these featuresnot being essential to my invention.

In accordance with an important object of my invention I provide themember 1 along the upper edge portion with a series of apertures 5, anda series of projections 6, the latter preferably alternating with theapertures 5,

each series preferably extending substantially across the entire uppermargin of the member 1. I provide also the upper margin of the member 1with a horizontal rib 7 of any desirable shape located below theapertures and parallel to the card. In Fig` 6 the rib 7 is illustratedas convex in front and concave at the rear, for a purpose to bedescribed.

To cooperate with the member 1, there are provided attachments, two ofone modification shown in Figure 1 assembled in place upon the member 1.Fig. 10 shows the holding member 8 of this attachment, and Fig. 11 showsthe retaining member 9.

These members may be of any material and construction suitable to carrymy invention into effect, and in the instance illustrated arerespectively made of sheet aluminum, somewhat resilient, preferably, andconstructed suitably, in accordance with my invention, to co-operate forthe retention of the assembled attachments in ad'usted position upon themember 1, say in t e positions shown in Fig. 1.

The members 8 as shown are each provided with a plurality of tongues 10,sheared and offset from the body 8, these tongues being suitablysituated to pass through corresponding apertures 5 of the member 1, andthe members 9 are shown as having slits 11, so that when assembledslidin ly into the position shown in Figs. 1, 5 anrgl 6, the slits 11receive the tongues 10, and permit the end portions of each member 9 ineach example to slide under the free, offset ends of the tongues 10,3o-operating therewith to embrace the margin of the member 1 andpreventdisplacement therefrom.

Means are provided to prevent the accidental displacement of the members9 slidin ly from assembled position, while permitting the same to beremoved readily when desired.

As one suitable means for this purpose, there is provided a bodyaperture 12 in the member 9, and, so laced relatively to the slits 11that when t e members 8 and 9 are Y assembled upon the member 1, aprojection 6 of the marginal series upon the member 1 will enter theaperture 12, and hold the member 9 in place until the operator springsoutward the middle portion of the member 9, when the latter can beremoved slidingly from under the tonguesl 10, to release the member 8,and the attachment can then be rcinoved entirely, or reset in anotherposition of adjustment opposite another projection of the series 6.

Means are also provided for holding the indicia which distinguish theguides or other members from each other, and indicate the nature of thesubject matter filed. A preferred form of such holding means (see Fig.comprises an upward extension 13 of the holding member 8 preferablytilted backward as indicated, and bent upon itself at 14 to form a flatpocket for the label 15 or other indicia. The front portion 16 has awindow 17 which may be glazed with `a separable strip of celluloid, micaor the like 18, held in place frictionally by indented portions of thefront 16 formed as indicated at 19 in Figs. 5 and 7 and at the centralportion of the part 16 in Fig. 9, the label 15 being insertable andwithdrawable, either sidewise or from the lower front edge, inaccordance with the invention. The front flap 16 is preferably of suchproportions that its forward edge will be covered normally, in theassembled position, and held, by the rearwardly bent upper edge 20 ofthe retaining member 9, this being an important feature of the latter,in addition tothe functions thereof already described.

The rear portion of the holding member 8 is preferably extended downwardand bent inward at its lower margin 21, as seen best in Fig. 6, to enterthe concave side of the ridge 7. This construction serves the doublepurpose of avoiding projections likely to catch upon neighboring recordmembers, and of lending rigidity to the attachment by acting as anadditional retaining device.

The convex, front portion of ridge 7, serves similarly to preventadjacent record members from catching upon the lower edge of theretaining members 9, and upon the oifset portion of the tongues 10.

In operation, the member S is usually provided with its label` or otherindicia 15, and then applied to the upper margin `of the member 1 fromthe rear, the tongues 10 of the member 8 being passed through theapertures 5 which correspond to the desired position of the attachmentupon the guide 1, after which the retaining member 9 is appliedslidingly from the top so that the slits 11 receive the tongues 10, thefiat body portion of the member 9 going behind the parallel` frontoffset portion of the tongues 10, and the retaining member is pusheddownward until its aperture 12 receives the co-operatng projection 6 ofthe member 1, and its upper portion 20 occupies the position shown in Fis. 1, 5 and 6, locking the front tiap 16 of t e label holder in place,and locking the members S and 9' in assembled relation at the desiredposition of adjustment on the member 1.

To remove the attachment, for Withdrawal or change of position, theoperator inserts his finger-nail, or some flat instrument, such as apaper cutter, under the lower edge 22 of the member 9, prying itoutwardly until the projection 6 is cleared from the aperture 12, andthe member 9 is then moved upward slidingly out of engagement with thetongues 10, when it and the member 8 can be withdrawn from each otherand from the member 1, ready for readjustment or replacement.

In Fig. 5 there is shown a guide 30 of card size, smaller than themember 1, but other- Wise corresponding thereto in essentialparticulars, including the series of apertures 5 and the series ofprojections 6, which are preferably at standard distances from eachother so that the attachment members 8 and 9 already described can beapplied, as shown, to the member 30 and the member 1, interchangeably.

In the Figs. 7, 8 and 9 a modification is illustrated in which theattachment, comprising a holding member 28 and retaining member 29, issimilar in general structure to the attachment already described,comprising the members 8 and 9, and accordingly the details of structurebear the same reference numerals, the members 28 and 29 being longenough, however, to admit a longer label 25 and glazing slip 38, and forthis purpose having their tongues 10 spaced far enough apart to enteralternate openings 5 in the series of the member 1, leaving theintervening opening 5 unoccupied, as indicated in dotted lines at themiddle of Fi 7 and preferably these longer attachments ave a pluralityof body apertures 12 in the retaining member 29, to receive a pluralityof projections 6 of the member 1, as shown in Pigs. 7 and 8. This largerattachment can also be applied without change to the card size member 30shown in Fig. 5.

As the card size member 30 is shown in Fig. 5 on a larger scale than themember 1 shown in Figs. 1, 7, 8 and 9, it will be readily understoodthat in fact the member 1 is considerably larger than the member 30, butas the openings 5 are the same distance apart in the various sizes ofmembers, the attachments will fit any size of file member embodying theinvention, as the offset portions 10 are similarly spaced apart upon themembers 8 and so are the slits 11 upon the members 9, and likewise thecooperating openings 12 and projection 6 are formed at standarddistances, to interregister, wheher the projections 6 be formed on thebody members 1 and 30, and the openings 12 in one of the attachmentlnembers, or vice versa.

The above provisions operate regardless of the number and size of theattachment or atachments on any guide or other file member, andregardless of the number or quantity of file members to which theattachments are applied in any given lile record. In the drawings onebody member of the size indicated at 1, and one card size member asindicated at 30 have been illustrated, but the provisions operate ifthere are hundreds or thousands of each of these sizes, and as many ofother sizes, regardless also of the manner in which the guides or otherfile members are assembled, whether in conventional file drawers orboxes, according to size, or otherwise.

It will be seen from the above description that I have provided anattachment which is not only removable, adjustable and interchangeableupon one or more guides or other file members, but the two membersconstituting the at.achment interlock with each other and with the bodymember in such a novel fashion as to form positively a unitary structurethat cannot be taken apart without a positive act on the part of theoperator, such as the insertion of a paper cutter or finger nailpurposely to move the locking member out of its normal plane and thuspermit it to be slidingly moved in another direction out from under theoffset tongues, and this interlockin feature I claim broadly.

Having illustrated and described my invention thus fully, and suitablemeans b which the same may be carried into eii'ect, wish it to beunderstood that I do not limi*l myself to the specific materials orstructural forms selected for illustration and description by Way ofexample, nor in general do I limit myself otherwise than as set forth inthe claims read in connection with this specification. Y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A record ile device of the class described; comprising a body memberhaving a series of apertures, and an attachment consisting of aplurality of members to embrace said body member, one of said attachmentmembers having tongues with offset portions to pass through said bodymember apertures, and another of rsaid a'tachment members having bodyslits to receive said tongues when caused to slide between said bodymember and the offset portions of said tongues, and means to preventsaid sliding movement, and thereby to interlock said at'achment memberspositively with said body member.

2. A record file device of the class described; comprising a body memberhaving a series of apertures, and an attachment consisting of aplurality of members to embrace said body member, one of said attachmentmembers having tongues with offset portions lil) to pass through saidbody member apertures, and another of said attachment members havingbody siits to receive said tongues when caused to slide between saidbody member and the offset portions of said tongues, and means toprevent said sliding movement, and thereby to interlock said attachmentInembers positively with said body member, said means comprising aprojection on one of said members, and a body aperture in another ofsaid members to be entered by said projection, one of said members beingof resilient material 1o permit locking assembly and removal of saidprojection and aperture by transverse bending movements.

3. An attachment for record members of the class described; saidattachment comprising a holding member bent upon itself to form a pocketfor indicia, and a retaining member slidable inio locked relationtherewith and having a marginal closure for said pocket.

4. An attachment for a record member of the class described; comprisinga holding member with tongues having offset portions, and a retainingmember with a body portion having slits to receive said tongues whensaid members are assembled slidingly, said ofi'- set portions of saidtongues preventing separation of said members, and one of said membershaving releasable locking means adapted to normally cooperate with saidrecord member to prevent sliding movement when said attachment membersare assembled with said record member.

5. The combination with a record file member comprising a body portionwith a series of apertures and a series of projections of an attachmentcomprising a holding member having tongues with offset portions to passthrough said body member apertures, and a retaining member to slidebehind said oiset tongues, said retaining member having apertures toreceive said projections.

6. The combination with a record file member comprising a body portionwith a series of apertures and a series of projections, of an attachmentcomprising a holding member having tongues with offset portions to passthrough said body member apertures, and a retaining member to slidebehind said offset tongues, said retaining member having apertures toreceive said projections, and being of resilient material to permitlocking assembly and removal from said projections by transverse bendingmovements.

7. The combination with a record file member, comprising a ribbed bodyportion having a series of apertures and a series of projections, of anattachment comprising a holding member having a portion-to be engagedwith said rib, and having tongues with offset portions to pass throughsaid apertures, and a retaining member having body slits to receive saidtongues and a body aperture to receive one of said projections on saidrecord file member, to hold said members in loclied relation forassembly in locked adjustment.

8. A record tile member comprising a body member having a series ofapertures, a holdim ing member having a pocket to receive an insert andprojections extending through said apertures, and a retaining memberhaving means to engage said projections whereby said holding member issecured to said body member.

9. A record tile member comprising a body member having a series ofapertures, a holding member bent upon itself to form a pocket to receivean insert, said holding member having projections extending through saidapertures, and a retaining member having means to engage saidprojections whereby said holding member is secured to said body member.

10. A record file member comprising a body member having a series ofapertures, a holding member havin tongues with offset portions, saidtongues icing adapted to extend through said apertures, and a retainingmember having slits to receive said tongues whereby said holding memberis secured to said body member.

11. A record file member comprising a bod y member having a series ofapertures and projections, a holding member having a pocket to receivean insert and projections adapted to extend through said apertures, anda retaining member having means to engage the projections of saidholding member, and means to receive the projections of the body memberwhereby said holding member is secured to said body member.

12. A record file member comprising a. body member having a series ofaj'ierturcs and projections, a holding member having tongues With oiisetportions, said tongues being adapted to extend through apertures, aretaining member having slits to receive said tongues and apertures toreceive the projections of said body member whereby said holding memberis secured to said body member.

13. A record le member comprising a body member having a series ofapertures, a holding member bent upon itself to form a pocket to receivean insert and having projections extending through said apertures, and aretaining member having means to engage said projections whereby saidholding member is secured to said body member, said retaining memberhaving a closure for said pocket.

14. A record file member comprising a body member having a series ofapertures and projections, a holding member bent upon itself to form apocket and having tongues with offset portions adapted to extend throughsaid apertures, a retaining member having slits to receive said tongues,and apertures to receive saidlprojections, said retaining means forminga c osure for said ocket.

15. A record file mem r comprising a body member of sheet materialhaving a rib 5 formed therein, a holding member secured to said bodymember, the lower end of said holding member being received 'in theconcave surface of said rib.

16. A record file member comprising a w body member of sheet materialhaving a series of apertures and projections, said body member having arib formed beneath said apertures and projections, a holding member bentupon itself to form a, pocket and having 15 tongues with offset portionsadapted to extend through said apertures, the lower end of said holdingmember being received in the concave surface of said rib, a retainingmember having slits to receive said tongues, and 20 an aperture toreceive said projection.

Signed at New York, in the county and State of New York this 28th day ofJul 1922.

CHESTER I. WAG ER.

receive said rojections, said retaining means forming a cdsure for saidocket.

15. A record file mem r comprising a body member of sheet materialhaving a rib formed therein, a holding member secured to said bodymember, the lower end of said holding member being received in theconcave surface of said rib.

16. A record file member comprising a. body member of sheet materialhaving a series of apertures and projections, said body member having arib formed beneath said apertures and projections, a holding member bentupon itself to form a pocket and having tongues with offset portionsadapted to eX- tend through said apertures, the lower end of saidholding member being received in the concave surface of said rib, aretaining member having slits to receive said tongues, and an apertureto receive said projection.

Signed at New York, in the county and State of New York this 28th day ofJuly, 1922.

CHESTER I. WAGNER.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,790,451. Granted January 27, 1931, to

CHESTER l. WAGNER.

lt is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2,line 24, after "as" insert being; page 4, lille 68, claim 7, strike outthe words "for assembly in locked adiustment"; and that thc said LettersPatent should be read with these corrections therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of March, A. D. 1931.

M. J. Moore,

(Sell) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFICATE 0F CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,790,451. Granted January 27, 1931, to

CHESTER I. WAGNER.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationoi the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2,line 24, after "as" insert being; page 4, line 68, claim 7, strike outthe words "for assembly in locked adjustment"; and that the said LettersPatent should be read with these corrections therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of March, A. D. i931.

M. J. Moore, (Sell) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

